as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot

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Recent Examples of woozy Both have the woozy, maddening force of a carousel stuck in overdrive. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025 Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later. Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025 That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for woozy
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Adjective
  • Traditionally, Sean Payton’s teams deploy a revolving personnel carousel that can leave opposing defensive coordinators dizzy.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ten percent impairs performance and leaves you dizzy and faint.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While the film is filled with incredible gay kisses, my personal favorite remains when Ennis and Jack reunite for the first time; there’s nothing giddier than the full-body passion that overtakes you after being reunited with your long-distance true love after months — or years — or longing.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • Both actors do very well at building their secret courtship, which is at first playful and giddy, and later intense, desperate and even violent.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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